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Marie Hagerty was born in Sydney, and currently lives and works in Canberra. She graduated from the ANU School of Art in 1987 and has lectured there since 1992. Since c.1995 when she was selected for the Moet and Chandon Travelling Exhibition, Hagerty's reputation has increased significantly as exemplified by her selection in On the brink (Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, 2000), Contemporary Australian culture now (National Gallery of Victoria, 2004), the Geelong Gallery Contemporary Art Prize (2004) and the Wynne Prize (2005, 2006) at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.

She was the winner of the Canberra Art Prize (2003), the John McCaughey Prize (National Gallery of Victoria, 2004), the Conrad Jupiter's Art Prize (Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 2005) and the Arthur Guy Painting Prize (Bendigo Art Gallery, 2005).

Hagerty has exhibited regularly in solo and group shows since 1987 and in 2007 was the subject of a major exhibition at the Canberra Museum and Gallery. Her work is represented in a number of public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria, the Bendigo Art Gallery, the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Artbank, the Australian National University as well as numerous private collections throughout Australia.